Aug 24

Former Fisheries and Marine Resources Minister denies allocating quotas to Namgomar Pesca Limitada

Former Fisheries and Marine Resources Minister has denied allocating quotas to Namgomar Pesca Limitada, an Angolan company at the centre of the Fishrot fishing corruption saga. Bernard Esau in his testimony at his formal bail application in the Windhoek High Court told Judge David Munsu he was not in charge of allocating fishing quotas, saying the agreement to nominate Namgomar Pesca as the Angolan entity receiving the quotas came from the office his then Permanent Secretary, Ulitala Hiveluah. Esau also denied having a hand in the Angola-Namibia bilateral fishing agreement